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Google Chrome will downgrade positive SSL designations

Rather than focus on positive indicators, Chrome will focus on negative indicators for sites without SSL.

Google has been on a mission to get website owners to add an SSL certificate to their website. It has used its market power with the Chrome browser to positively identify sites with SSL and to negatively identify those without SSL.

Over time, as more and more sites have SSL, the company plans to remove the positive identifiers for sites with SSL and instead just focus on negative identifiers for sites without https. Here are the changes it’s making:

Google is upping the ante on sites without SSL while it ratchets down the notices for secure sites. All sites without an SSL certificate will show Not Secure in the address bar, and this will become red when people enter information into a form.

The move makes sense and actually solves a problem with Chrome’s treatment of SSL. By denoting sites with SSL in a positive way, Google might be sending the false impression that the site is safe. But it’s easy for a phisher or other scammer to get a domain-validated SSL certificate.

Comments

A lot of website owners feel Google have too much to say on how the internet works. First it was mobile friendly then https. Im not one of them that have complaints but I kinda agree with them. Who knows the next “must-have” criteria.

They don’t get away with a lot of their borderline criminal conduct in Europe though. And, Zuckerburg is not wanted in Europe either. In all fairness though, there is probabaly nothing sweeter to watch than Zuckerburg testify. The little theif looks like he is having an acident in his drawers. , as well he should. Good the the EU for not taking any of the crapola that they get away with here. Here, of course, we have the finest goverment money can buy. If these criminal outfits are stopped from violating your privacy, the business is over. The whole business model depends on that.